Writing a good model description

Four habits

1. Give the size in blocks

This alone makes the biggest difference. Models described without a size almost always come out larger than expected, because nothing in the description bounds them.

2. Name the material

Not "wood" but "dark oak"; not "stone" but "chiselled stone". The material name sets both the colour and the pattern; left vague, the most generic option is picked.

With more than one material, say which part is which: "dark oak body, iron bands, pale blue glass".

3. Say how it sits

On the floor, on a wall, held in the hand. Stance directly determines how the model is built: a held object has its grip at the bottom, a wall-mounted one has its mounting face at the back.

The style picker already does part of this. "Furniture" builds something resting on the ground; "Weapon and tool" builds something held; "Cosmetic" builds something worn on the player and sizes it against them.

4. Say what makes it distinctive

Write whatever separates this object from every other one of its kind. That a lantern is a lantern is enough; what makes it interesting is "the ring on top" or "the iron bands down its sides".

An iron-banded street lantern with glass panes. Glass on all
four sides of the body with a yellow light inside. A conical iron
cap on top with a small ring at its peak. One block wide,
two blocks tall.

Three things that do not work

Mood and style adjectives

"Cool", "epic", "legendary", "stunning" — none of these carry geometric information, and they eat your character budget. Write what you see instead: "gold inlay", "chipped edges", "covered in moss".

Asking for several objects

"A café corner with tables, chairs and a counter" asked for as one model comes back as a crowded, odd pile. Generate each object separately; arranging them in game was always going to be your job.

Detail nobody will see

Internal mechanisms, writing on the back face, a recess under a lid — details invisible in game spend part budget and sometimes distort the outside of the model.

If you do not like it, do not start over

When the result is close but one detail is wrong, rewriting the description is the worst option: a new run reinterprets everything, and the parts you liked change too.

Ask for the change instead: "make the wings a bit bigger", "darken the colour", "make the legs thinner". The original model is kept and only what you named changes. The first two changes on any model are free.

What the style picker changes

The style does not replace the description, it adds to it. Pick the wrong one and the scale and stance will be off; the most common mistake is generating a hat under the "Furniture" style.